How far away can the remote be and will it work through walls??
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Hi, 1. It will not work through walls. 2. and most important, whether you have the puck(light) on or off, there is still a drain on the batteries. I found out the hard way, when I wanted to use them a month or so after I installed them, they were dead! So, since I cannot return them, I take one battery out of each puck, which does stop the drain and when I am ready to use them, I replace the missing battery and they work. When I no longer need to use them for sometime, I once again take one battery etc. If you should find pucks that do not drain the batteries when the puck is off, please let me know.
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This remote is an infrared remote and requires line of sight between the receiver and the remote. I have been able to use it up to 30 feet, mainly limited by the fact that is the furthest distance I can go and still maintain line of sight.
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Mine is installed inside the garage. The longest distance to use the remote control is about 60 feet (going through 3 or 4 walls). Definitely the timer needs to be inside a weatherproof box if installed outside. The wireless range depends on number of obstructions between controller and timer and weatherproofing box may not affect the range that much (not as bad as a wall).
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Yes, the signal will go through walls. It does not have to be a line of sight. It needs fresh batteries often to keep it working all the time. I estimate I am putting in new AA batteries once every couple of months. David
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It has been my experience that the remote has a range of 10 feet or more This company has great customer service so I would email them for specific s.
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I have mine connected in my bedroom... there is a wall and approx 4 feet from the router. It works at full strength so I think it is not necessary to have it very close. Based on what I have heard from friends (who own similar devices), these devices will work well up to a distance of 10 meters beyond which it is not totally reliable.
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I couldn't get it to work on a simple two doors. When there are walls between the doors and receivers the workable distance is cut down severely! There can only be 1 wall between the buttons and the receiver and even then the distance is restricted to about 50 feet. I had to return this unit.
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No more than 30 feet. Less if there are walls in between. Works as well as other BT devices I have.
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The signal can bounce off the ceiling/walls - mine is behind the wall mounted TV and no way is it line of sight but the remote signal bounces and you can't tell.
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My sending unit is mounted on a pole approximately 400ft from my house. To get to the receiver the signal must pass through 4 walls. It works fine under those conditions.
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The wireless remote works from as far as 30 feet but you must be in front of the camera for it to work. The cord remote can be used from any direction but it is only 3 feet long.
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Amanda, I have the sensor above a door at the end of my hallway so that it monitors all doors connected to it. I keep the remote in my bedroom that is about 60ft away and it has worked fine. Hope this helps.
964333
The remote uses a radio frequency to control the unit. It works quite well through walls and doors.
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I'm not sure. I use this in my house and the remote works well from one end of the house to the other (about 40 feet). But it works just as a TV remote, you need to have a line-of-sight between the remote and the receiver.
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Don't know what to tell you Craig. I know my kids open the garage way before they get to the driveway, so the range is at least a couple hundred feet. Are you sure the little wire that acts as the receiver on the remote itself is not blocked in some way? I know I have mine hanging down and it seems to get the signal from the remote pretty easily.
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My camera is located in a remote motor coach that is at least 75 to 100 feet away. It also has to send the signal through the coach wall (metal skin) and the house wall (stucco) and one interior wall. The signal showing on the screen is five bars (full strength). I would therefore imagine that the range would be quite a distance farther as long as there are not too many large metal or electric/electronic pieces of equipment between the camera transmitter and the receiver.
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The range is not applicable as the remote attaches to the camera with a wire- it plugs into the camera directly. The wire is short- about 1 foot.